Anchor



A. BELLINGHAM ANCHOR Filed 4July 9', 1924' Mu. a. 1925.

Patented Mar. s, 1925.

UNITED .STATES V.APv'llIl-IUR BELLINGHAM, OF WODBRIDGE, ENGLAND. Y f

ANCHOR.

Application filed. July 9,

To all whom z5 may 00m-era:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR BELLINGHAM, a subject of the King'of Great Britain,y re'- siding at The Moorings, Cumberland Street, llVoodbi-idge, in the county of Suffolk, England, have invented certain new and use- ,ful Improvements in or Relating to Anchors, of which the following is a specifica tion.

This invention has reference to anchors of the kind wherein the stock is disposed, when the anchor is in use, in a plane at right-angles'to that of the fiukes and arms and is secured to the shank by a bolt extending transversely in relation to the stock and the shank. In yknown constructions of anchors of this kind the stock is in two parts and so pivotally mounted on the shank as to be Vcaprable of being moved into planes approximately parallel with that of the shank through the medium of chains or their equivalents whereby the anchor is connected with the boat or other vessel, the stock being thus constructed in order to facilitate the housing of the anchor in a hawse pipe, the, said parts of the stock being `caused to be actuated upon the same being moved into engagement with the inlet end of the Ahawse pipe through the. medium of the said chains or their equivalents whiley the parts are caused to be moved in an opposite direction and to be disposed in a position at right angles to the shank when the anchor is clear of the hawse pipe bythe connection of the anchor with the said chains or their equivalents. Y Y

- According to this invention the stock is in one piece and capable of being arranged ina plane parallel or approximately so with that of the shank when the anchor is not in use to enable the anchor under these cir.V cumstances to be disposed in an approxi'- mately flat condition in thebottom or other part of a boat or other vessel and thereby obviate the inconveniences and accidents due to either the stock or flukes and lshank projecting upwardly from the said bottom or other part of the boat or other vessel, very often being the cause of persons being thrown over and sustaining serious injuries, the one piece stock being capable of movement toa position at right angles to the said shank such movement being effected when the anchor is brought into use by the chain or its equivalent which serves to secure lit to 1924. Serial No. 724,956.

by the anchor is attached to the boat, thev chain orits equivalent'being connected at one end to the' end of the stockV and passedy through rings or equivalent fittings provided at 'an intermediate point in the length of the shank and at the end of the shank or the centre of the stock and adjustably at-v tached at the other end to the boat;V Y In order thatthe said invention may be clearly understood and readily carried into effect the same will now be fully describedV by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:-

Figures l, 2 and 3 are respectively a front elevation, a side elevation and a plan view of the anchor as it appears with the stock in position when the anchor is in use, the chain being omitted in Figures 2 and 3 to render clear the other parts of the anchor.

Figure et is a side elevation of the anchor in a collapsed or folded condition out of use.

The stock a is mounted on arpivot pin Vb Y removably 'fitted in one end lof a channel shaped or equivalent member c provided on end of the said member serving as yan abutment. for the stock a when lheld inthe operative position shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3. On the lower end of the shank al are arthe upper end of the shank d, the opposite v ranged the flukes e and arms f thereof. The

shank d between the member 0 and the fluke arms f is provided with a ring' g being loosely connected thereto by an apertured projection 7b on the shank (Z. The chain j by which the anchor is connected to the boat has the anchor end thereof connected to a shackle 7c pivotally attached to an extension Vor lug Z provided on or near that end of the stock which is moved away from the ring g on the shank d when the anchor is collapsed as shown in Figure'i, the chain extending from the shackle 7c through the ring g and a guide ring m, the latter being loosely connected'to a projecting plate n attached to the upper end of the shank OZ. Thus arranged the chain serves to maintain the stoek a in its operative position in a plane at right angles to that ot the fluke arms when the anchor is in use and holding the boat against drifting, the chain having freedom ot' movement relatively to the rings 7 and m 'lor transmitting' the pull due to the boat. When not in use and arranged Within the boat the ohain is slack and permits the stoel; to be moved about the pivot pin Z) to a position approximately parallel with the shank d as sheivn in Figure il, thus enabling` the anchor as a Whole to be disposed ilat in the boat Without any upstanding parts liable to obstruct persons Walking thereover.

t will be understood that various modifications may be made in the Construction of the parts for so eonneeting the stoek to the shank as to enable it to be moved relatively thereto, for example the stock may be pivotally mounted on the end oi" the shank to one side thereof and a projecting pin or block provided to serve as the abutment 'for the stock when in the operative' position, or the ehain may be attached to thel stoek and guided by rings secured in position by bolts or devices clamped to their respective parts.

llfhat I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is l. An anchor for boats, comprising a shank, flukes thereon, a stock which is attaehed to the shank and movable to a position approximately parallel thereto, and a chain Connected at one end to the stock near one end thereof and arranged with an intermediate part in engagement with the shank at a point between the stook and the flukes and the other end being Capable of attachment to a boat.

Q. in anchor for boats, comprising a shank, tlukes on one end thereof, a stoek in one piece and pivotally attached to one side ot the shank at the opposite end to that provided With the tlukes an abutment on the shank with which the stock engages When the anchor is in use, a fitting provided on the stoek on the` opposite side of t-he shank to the pivotal attachment, an intermediate fitting on the shank, an end litting on the4 shank and a chain connected to the fitting on the stock and arranged in engagement with the fittings on the shank.

ARTHUR BELLINGHAM. 

